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Carter v. Welles-Bowen Realty, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging that a title company violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act's anti-kickback and anti-fee-splitting provisions,...

Stearn v. County San Bernardino

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's challenge to defendant-county for its approval of 14 conditional use permits sought by respondent-real party interest to erect...

Lu v. Hawaiian Gardens Casino, Inc.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment matter regarding whether tip pooling in restaurants is prohibited by Labor Code section 351, grant of summary judgment in favor of...

Brown v. Cal. Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants violated the terms of an oral plea agreement by advocating for plaintiff's...

US v. Carlisle HMA, Inc.

Government Law
In a fraudulent claim action brought under the False Claims Act, district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) the...

Arko Executive Servs., Inc. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a services contract dispute brought by a security company against the government pursuant to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978, summary judgment...

Pressley v. Tupperware Long Term Disability Plan

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim against defendant-insurance company for failure to respond to a request for information, in contravention of the...

Locke v. Karass

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving circumstances where a local union charges nonmembers a service fee that (among other things) reflects an affiliation fee that the...

Fitzgerald v. Barnstable Sch.Comm'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
Title IX does not preclude an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging unconstitutional gender discrimination in schools.

San Diego Unified Sch. Dist. v. County of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by plaintiff-school district against defendant-county for environmental problems and remediation costs incurred at plaintiff's...